Senior Software Engineer ((Full Stack/Automation Focus)

Location: Penang, Malaysia

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Join our R&D team as a versatile Mid-Level Software Engineer. You will be instrumental in building, maintaining, and enhancing our core cloud applications and the sophisticated automation frameworks that ensure their quality. This role demands an engineer who is proficient in full-stack concepts, passionate about quality assurance, and eager to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and testing effectiveness.
You will be allocated based on business need, either contributing directly to product feature development or strengthening our end-to-end system test automation.

Job Description

Software Development & Architecture

• Contribute well-tested, production-quality code to both front-end and back-end services.

• Participate in the technical discussion and contribute to implementation plans for new features.

• Own and define class-level or service-level API contracts for features within your scope.

• Conduct thorough code reviews, catching edge cases and ensuring quality and performance.

• Actively utilize AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT) for coding, debugging, and efficient task breakdown, while practicing review and validation of the AI output.

Quality & Automation

• Champion an "automation-first" approach, ensuring the system delivers a reliable experience.

• Design, build, and maintain robust test automation frameworks and suites using modern tools like TypeScript and Playwright.

• Develop automated solutions for comprehensive testing, including functional, integration, and end-to-end workflows.

• Design and manage GitHub Workflows (CI/CD) to execute test suites on a regular cadence and analyze automated run results.

• Log, triage, and work effectively with various teams to resolve defects.

Basic Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 2-5 years of progressive hands-on experience in either Full-Stack Development or Test Automation Engineering.

• Strong proficiency in a modern back-end technology (e.g., Java, C#/.NET, Node.js, or Python).

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript (or JavaScript) for scripting, framework development, or front-end work.

• Experience or deep understanding of building, maintaining, and debugging automation suites using tools like Playwright.

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design (OOD) principles, data structures, and algorithms.

• Proven experience working with industry tools like Git version control (branching, merging, pull requests) and CI/CD concepts.

• Working knowledge of testing methodologies, defect logging, and working in an Agile development environment (Scrum/Kanban).

• A strong desire to learn and adopt new technologies, including AI-powered development tools.

🌟 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing highly performant user experiences with a modern front-end framework (e.g., Angular, React).

• Understanding of API testing automation (REST/GraphQL).

• Experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, Azure, or AWS).

• Familiarity with containerization tools (Docker) for test execution or application deployment.

• Practical experience in leveraging AI tools for coding, design, or pipeline optimization.

• Experience testing or developing for distributed systems involving both hardware and software components.

• Familiarity with video security, IoT, or physical access control systems is a plus.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.